| Directed by | Raghava Lawrence |
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| Produced by | J. Bhagavan J. Pulla Rao |
| Written by | Raghava Lawrence Swami (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Story by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Starring | Prabhas Tamanna Deeksha Seth Krishnam Raju Brahmanandam |
| Music by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Cinematography | C. Ram Prasad |
| Editing by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Studio | Sri Balaji Cine Media |
| Distributed by | Sri Venkateswara Creations (Nizam)[1] 7 Seas (Overseas) 14 Reels Entertainment (Krishna) N.V.Prasad (Ceded) |
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| Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget |  40 crore (US$7.3 million) |
Casting
In December 2, 2010, opening ceremony of the film took place in Hyderabad. In the event, it was announced that J. Bhagawan and J. Pullarao would produce the film and it will be directed by Raghava Lawrence and would star Prabhas and Anushka in lead roles. The main cast was also announced during the event which included Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Kelly Dorjee, Sayaji Shinde, Ali, MS Narayana, Chalapathi Rao, Jayaprakash Reddy, Supreet and Jeeva.[6] In February 2011, it was announced that Deeksha Seth would play the second lead in the film.[7] The filming was delayed due to various reasons causing Anushka to opt out of the project.[8] In August 2011, it was announced that Tamanna was cast to replace Anushka.[9][10] In January 2011, it was reported that Krishnam Raju would play a vital role in the film.[11] It was later confirmed that he would be portraying a father character while popular Telugu actress Prabha would play the role of a mother.[12]Filming
After much delays, the regular filming began on May 21, 2011.[13] In the fifty days of working schedule, one action episode and a song was filmed.In October 2011, it was reported that the filming will take place in Bangkok where action sequences would be shot.[14] In December 2011, it was reported that the unit would go back to Bangkok to shoot some vital scenes and action sequences with Tamannah and Prabhas.[15] After completing the Bangkok schedule, filming resumed at Shamshabad Temple near Hyderabad.[16] It was reported that a special set worth2
crores was built at Shamshabad and filming took place in it with 100
fighters and over 1000 extras participating in the schedule.[17] In March 2012, it was reported that another set was built at Ramoji Film City where the climax episodes with 30 Russian fighters were shot.[18]In June 2012, the unit had gone back to Bangkok for the third time to shoot two songs of the movie.[19] After completing the schedule, the filming resumed at Pollachi where scenes on Prabhas and other lead cast were canned.[20] The filming shifted to Pondicherry where action episodes involving Prabhas were shot.[21] The last schedule of filming took at Aluminium factory in Hyderabad.[22]
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